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Selected Web Sites
The Laboratory Cat. A.E. James.
Online: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ANZCCART/publications/FS_Cat8.pdf
Description: Provides laboratory cat information on colony husbandry, housing, nutrition, anesthetics and analgesics, technical procedures, and diseases.
Comfortable Environmentally Enriched Housing for Domestic Cats. Geoffrey G. Loveridge.
Online: http://www.animalwelfare.com/pubs/cq/cats.htm
Description: The design of long-term housing for cats under study should aim to provide space which is safe for both cats and care givers, provide pleasant sights and sounds, is easily cleaned, has satisfactory ventilation and is both mentally and physically stimulating.
Pain in Cats. Matthews, K.A.
Online: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/ivapm/animals/cats.htm
Description: This site provides a list of signs, causes and treatment of pain in cats. There is a video that explains how animals experience pain.
Enrichment Strategies for Laboratory Animals from the Viewpoint of Clinical Veterinary Behavioral Medicine: Emphasis on Cats and Dogs. Overall, K.A.a.D.D.
Online: http://dels.nas.edu/ilar_n/ilarjournal/46_2/html/v4602overall.shtml
Description: This review includes an emphasis on behavioral enrichment for the well-being of dogs and cats.
The Cat in Biomedical Research. Paula D. Johnson.
Online: http://www.iacuc.arizona.edu/training/cats/index.html
Description: These are lecture notes from a course in research animal methods. It covers selection criteria, sources of cats, housing and husbandry, conditioning, colony management, and diseases of cats.
Enriching the Environment of the Laboratory Cat. Sandra McCune.
Online: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/enrich/labcat.htm
Description: This paper introduces the problems of confinement experienced by domestic cats, the principles of enrichment relevant to this species and the role of enrichment in preventing and relieving problems.
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